June June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining.
Events
- 1497 - Battle of Deptford Bridge - Forces under King Henry VII soundly defeat troops led by Michael An Gof.
- 1579 - Sir Francis Drake claims a land he calls Nova Albion (modern California) for England.
- 1631 - Mumtaz Mahal died during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal emperor Shah Jahan I, then spent more than 20 years to build her tomb, the Taj Mahal.
- 1775 - American Revolutionary War: Battle of Bunker Hill - The British forces take Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
- 1789 - In France, the Third Estate declares itself as a national assembly.
- 1876 - Indian Wars: Battle of the Rosebud - 1,500 Sioux and Cheyenne led by Crazy Horse beat back General George Crook forces at Rosebud Creek in Montana Territory. [1] (http://ne.essortment.com/battlerosebud_rfks.htm)
- 1885 - The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.[2] (http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/hh/11/hh11j.htm)
- 1898 - The Navy Hospital Corps is established.
- 1928 - Aviator Amelia Earhart starts her attempt to become the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean She was a passenger; Wilmer Stutz was pilot and Lou Gordon, mechanic.
- 1930 - U.S. President Herbert Hoover signs the Smoot-Hawley Tariff into law.
- 1930 - Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans mass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.
- 1940 - World War II: Operation Ariel begins - Allied troops start to evacuate France, following Germany's takeover of Paris and most of the nation.
- 1940 - World War II: Sinking of the RMS Lancastria by the Luftwaffe near Saint-Nazaire, France.
- 1940 - The three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania fall under the occupation of the Soviet Union.
- 1944 - Iceland becomes independent from Denmark and forms a republic.
- 1948 - A Douglas DC-6 carrying United Air Lines Flight 624 crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, killing all 43 people on board. [3] (http://www.avsaf.org/reports/US_reports/1940/1948.06.17_UnitedAirLines_DouglasDC-6-477B.pdf)
- 1953 - Workers Uprising: In East Germany, the Soviet Union orders a division of troops into East Berlin to quell a rebellion.
- 1961 - The New Democratic Party of Canada is founded with the merger of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) and the Canadian Labour Congress.
- 1963 - The United States Supreme Court ruled 8 to 1 in Abington School District v. Schempp against allowing the reciting of Bible verses and the Lord's Prayer in public schools.
- 1971 - Representatives of Japan and the United States sign the Okinawa Reversion Agreement, setting out a plan where the U.S. would return control of Okinawa.[4] (http://www.niraikanai.wwma.net/pages/archive/rev71.html)
- 1972 - Watergate scandal: Five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.
- 1982 - The body of "God's Banker", Roberto Calvi is found hanging beneath Blackfriars Bridge in London.
- 1991 - Apartheid: The South African Parliament repeals the Population Registration Act, which had required all racial classification of all South Africans at birth.
- 1992 - A 'Joint Understanding' agreement on arms reduction is signed by U.S. President George H.W. Bush and Russian President Boris Yeltsin (this would be later codified in START II). [5] (http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/start2/)
- 1994 - Following a televised highway chase and a failed attempt at suicide, O. J. Simpson is arrested for the murders of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman.
Births
- 1239 - King Edward I of England (d. 1307)
- 1682 - King Charles XII of Sweden (d. 1718)
- 1703 - John Wesley, theologian, founder of Methodists (d. 1791)
- 1808 - Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author
- 1810 - Ferdinand Freiligrath (d. 1876)
- 1818 - Charles Gounod, composer (d. 1893)
- 1832 - Sir William Crookes, physicist, chemist (d. 1919)
- 1881 - Tommy Burns, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion (d. 1955)
- 1882 - Igor Stravinsky, composer (d. 1971)
- 1898 - M. C. Escher, artist (d. 1972)
- 1900 - Martin Bormann, Nazi official (d. 1945)
- 1904 - Ralph Bellamy, actor (d. 1991)
- 1907 - Charles Eames, American designer and architect (d. 1978)
- 1909 - Elmer Lee Andersen, American politician and governor of Minnesota
- 1910 - Red Foley, country musician (d. 1968)
- 1914 - John Hersey, author (d. 1993)
- 1917 - Lena Horne, singer
- 1917 - Dean Martin, singer (d. 1995)
- 1917 - Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician
- 1923 - Elroy 'Crazylegs' Hirsch, American football star
- 1929 - Tigran Petrosian, World chess champion
- 1943 - Newt Gingrich, American politician
- 1945 - Ken Livingstone, Mayor of London
- 1945 - Eddy Merckx, Belgian cycling champion
- 1945 - Anupam Kher, actor, India
- 1946 - Barry Manilow, musician
- 1946 - Peter Rosei, writer
- 1958 - Jello Biafra, musician, politician
- 1963 - Greg Kinnear, actor (As Good As It Gets, Mystery Men)
- 1964 - Michael Gross, swimmer
- 1966 - Jason Patric, actor
- 1967 - Antonie Jansen, consultant
- 1980 - Venus Williams, tennis player
Deaths
- 1696 - John III Sobieski, king of Poland (b. 1629)
- 1719 - Joseph Addison, politician and writer (b. 1672)
- 1898 - Edward Burne-Jones, English artist (b. 1833)
- 1939 - Eugen Weidmann, last public guillotine execution in France
- Dorothy Richardson - Dorothy Richardson, writer (b. 1873)
- 1961 - Jeff Chandler, actor (b. 1918)
- 1979 - Duffy Lewis, Major League Baseball player (b. 1888)
- 1982 - Roberto Calvi, banker
- 1986 - Kate Smith, singer
- 1996 - Thomas Kuhn, philosopher
- 2002 - Fritz Walter, football player
- 2002 - Willie Davenport, athlete
- 2004 - Gerry McNeil, Stanley Cup-winning NHL goalie (b. 1926)
- 2004 - Sara Lidman, Swedish writer (b. 1923)
Holidays and observances
June 16 - June 18 - May 17 - July 17 -- listing of all days
af:17 Junie
bg:17 юни
ca:17 de juny
cy:17 Mehefin
da:17. juni
de:17. Juni
et:17. juuni
es:17 de junio
eo:17-a de junio
fr:17 juin
fy:17 juny
hr:17. lipnja
is:17. júni
it:17 giugno
[[he:17 ביוני]]
lt:Birželio 17
lb:17. Juni
hu:Június 17
ml:ജൂണ് 17
nl:17 juni
ja:6月17日
no:17. juni
oc:17 de junh
pl:17 czerwca
pt:17 de Junho
ro:17 iunie
ru:17 июня
sl:17. junij
fi:17. kesäkuuta
sv:17 juni
tr:17 Haziran
uk:17 червня
wa:17 di djun
zh:6月17日
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